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I am 71. I am willing to wager that I haven’t heard this song in over ten years. Yet each phrase, each beat, each piece of wonder is as sweet and fresh as it was way back in the day. Simply superb.
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Well said.
Sixty eight here. Couldn’t agree with you more.
The good old days, when the world had talented an amazing music artists. Now we have Katie Perry and Drake, corporate created plastic androids using auto tune.
Stop it. There were people saying the EXACT thing about the music you loved when it came out.
I wrote my comment above, then scrolled down to see this: "Now we have Katie Perry and Drake, corporate-created plastic androids using auto-tune." Statement of the week. Dead on, bro.
@@thomasdesmond2233 No they weren't, they were saying music was too vulgar or they didn't like the 'hippies' who were making it, or the drugs they were taking, but they could never say Elvis (parents hated him in the beginning, or Chuck Berry or Little Richard or The Beatles or the Rolling Stones or the Doors etc weren't talented musicians and singers. And there was no faking the music or vocals until the 90s & really common in the 2000s...there was nothing like that before that...singers were actually singing. So no, the complaints aren't comparable. It's actually been studied to show that since the 60s-70s music has gotten to sound more and more alike due to everyone using the same chords, simpler tunes etc. Music is objectively worse now (there are of course exceptions) and a huge number of young reactors, after hearing decades of the music before them, have also stated the same thing.
Absolutely!! So glad we had this music to enjoy then , that lives on !! The stuff of today is not music !! Love this one !!! Such talent !! These musicians of the 70’s, 80’s had true talent !! Unheard of these days !!!
This music is why us old timers don’t like rap or hip hop much lol
"Much"... too funny, or not at all.
Not just old timers...anyone who loves "real" music!
My favorite song by Traffic. The combination of sax, keyboards and bongo's make this a jamfest for the ears!
"Light Up or Leave Me Alone" ties this one for me.
Way back in June 2023 I suggested "Dear Mr, Fantasy" .... go find out why.
....play me a tune....
love that song
@@bugvswindshieldmake it snappy
The man in the suit has just bought a new car from the profits he's made on your dreams
My favorite line in this song - because it's true
The "man in the suit" is the man from the record company, I've always thought.
Steve Winwood is one of my favorites. Blue eyed soul. Fabulous voice. Keyboard and guitar. ❤❤
The song drags you in and doesn’t let go till the fade out. Brilliant
Congratulations! You just found the ultimate chill song from the 70’s 😎
Thank You!!! ❤❤❤❤
This is a classic track from the band Traffic a U.K. band from the 70's.
Enjoy!!!
The great Steve Winwood and Traffic. This is one of the greatest songs in all of Rock.
Thanks JMBOY!
What deep dive is Steve Winwood. Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith, then his solo career. This one of my favorites. Not surprised you like it. Always a pleasure to watch an intelligent reactor.
The electric pianos and early synthesizers of the '60s and '70s made such interesting sounds, much better than the computerized models of the '80s I grew up listening to.
Anything with Stevie Winwood's name on is going to be worth a listen💜☮
It was artist like Steve Winwood and groups like this that put the CLASS in Classic Rock.
Back in Stevie Winwoods day the music managers and the like wore expensive "Platform Shoes". I feel the "Low Spark" is the meaning of the low vibe the con artists have of deceit, lying, stealing and greed. Thank you to you and your fans for another great reaction.
I love the group, Traffic, very jazzy & cool.👍👏👏👏💜
High heeled boys are a mixture of Heroin and speed, more commonly know as Speedballs.
Comedian John Belushi died over dosing on it.
The song made a lot more sense when i learned it was drugs.
Gun that didnt make noise is a syringe.
Nice! "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" is ostensibly about musicians getting scammed by corrupt managers and bad record labels, but with cosmic stakes, so to speak. Traffic dropped two studio albums, then broke up, then reformed a year later and dropped four more before wrapping up in 1974. Steve Winwood, Dave Mason, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood. Capaldi played drums, Mason guitar, Winwood keys, and Wood the flutes and sax. Winwood and Mason often jammed with Jimi Hendrix back when. Mason plays the twelve string on "All Along The Watchtower", for example, and Winwood plays the Hammond organ on "Voodoo Chile". When you're ready for another taste from Traffic, check out "Freedom Rider", "Feelin' Alright?", and "Dear Mr. Fantasy", along with many others.
Thank you 😃
My favorite Traffic jam!
This is about how musicians are taken advantage of by agents, managers & record companies, while the artists give their blood, sweat and tears to create the 'product'. The high heeled boys were the sleazy managers etc, using your hard work and going out and buying big cars from the work the artists did. Vocalist is Steve Winwood, very famous in multiple bands and solo, you may have heard some of his music already from the Spencer Davis Group, Blind Faith or his solo stuff was super, super famous.
Steve Winwood is a Master guitarist and keyboards and just about any other instrument he gets his hands on.
Traffic is one of my absolute favorite bands. Multi talented Stevie Winwood started singing for the Spencer Davis Group when he was 14. Chris Wood on flute and sax. Great reaction.
One of my favorite jams by Traffic.
I think this about the music industry. Music producers get rich off the dreams of musicians.
Chris Wood on the Sax (RIP) was a great inspiration on the song, album and to the band.
This recording. This recording. Thank you for doing this recording. I'm 69, I've been listening to this for decades, but every time I hear it, it still makes me break out in a cold sweat. Don't know why, but I don't care.
Yay! So happy you chose this one! One of my all-time favorites. And yes, so much flavor -- truly a masterpiece! I love how you always break-down the lyrics in such an amazing way! Thanks JM for another great reaction! ✌💙✌
This is about the Glam Rock invasion in the late 60s early 70s
Steve Winwood & Eric Clapton - Dear Mr Fantasy [Crossroads Guitar Festival Illinois,USA, 6/26/2010]
We had real music back then, and it's gratifying to see youngsters like you not only give it a listen, but appreciate it as much as we did when it was new. Good luck on your journey.
Lets all Stand and Applaud JM for this one. Brilliant again, as usual.
'Cause spirit is something that no one destroys. One of the greatest songs ever! As a matter of fact, one of the greatest albums ever!
Oh man. This song brings back the flashbacks from the days when we were buzzed to the max and cruzin' in the middle of the night in a deep fog...brain fog...those days were...far out.... man....
This is such a bong song. Totally impressed that you hung in there
The Ultimate Urban Jam...slow Groove, Love it! Whats next? Boz Skaggs, Dirty Low Down, or maybe Gerry Rafferty, "Baker Stree"??? YES, Please!
Wow!!! I haven’t seen anyone react to this amazing gem! Thanks!!
I remember playing this record at the summer rental, Huntington Beach 72, I was 17. So glad I was around for the best music generation. ❤😊
One of my all-time faves for sure!!!
A lot of interesting changes in this, making it an masterful piece of music.
I had the chance to catch Traffic during the Dead's summer tour when Traffic first came out of retirement. They were awesome and played like they hadn't missed a beat.
One of my favorite songs period! I still listen to this song all the timeand I've been jamming to it since I was a teen too. Thanks for this pick! ✌️♥️🤟🥁
agree - one of my all time favorite songs ever!
Yes, this is a major classic with some length to it. One that I would imagine would be hard to beat, yet one very fun to play...along or en ensemble. The saxes are the saxiest of any song I can recall.
I could listen to this song everyday!! It is one of my all time favorites. It is on my deserted island playlist songs.
I like your reactions, especially when your face shows the confusion of 'how did they come up with this?'
Love this song !!!! ❤❤❤Traffic had some awesome tunes !!!
I love Traffic! Steve Winwood has some great solo work too!
I've always liked this song 😍
You have to see the video of Steve Winwood , his eyes just two black dots “ tripping on acid” singing “ CAN’T Find MY WAY HOME”!! Priceless LEGEND.
I ❤ this song! I get yelled at when I play it on a jukebox cuz its so long! 😂
Low spark refers to the description of the High produced by mixing Heroin and speed, known as a High heeled boy.
Gun that didnt make noise, a syringe.
Freedom Rider and other songs from John Barleycorn Must Die album.
That whole album is fantastic, so many great grooves
Definitely one of my favorite drive songs, and late night in the summer too! Epic
This is the music we old heads grew up on, and let me say, it's more than music to us. It is an experience, a moment to contemplate, reflect, go deep. Sadly, post-2000, the music took a serious dive for the worse. The 80s and 90s had their points of merit, but with the advent of free-music and corporate-backed favorites, the era of the true artist, the genius released, is a bygone era. What a trip we took in that decade. God bless, peace, and love. You do a great job. keep it up.
Great song, great band! Next, check out Empty Pages, released in 70. ✌️
Always loved the MC Escher style of this album cover. That's why I bought it when I first saw it, without knowing how great the music was on the LP. Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi and friends tear it up on this record. "Low Spark" was an eye opener, lots of meat on this bone.
Thanks for taking on one of my favourite songs.
The organ through a fuzz pedal is an amazing sound.
“Little Stevie Winwood”! Check out Cream too!
You've already reacted to Steve Winwood's "Roll With It" and "Higher Love" from his later solo career. This is Steve earlier, in Traffic, which he co-founded. An excellent band! Traffic wasn't driven by dollars, they were truly driven to experiment and find the sound. So many great songs to listen to.
Steve is a gifted musician and vocalist!
The title of the song comes from this, according to Jim Capaldi, drummer for Traffic:
"The title refers to an inscription written by diminutive American actor Michael J. Pollard in Jim Capaldi's notebook while they were both in Morocco. Capaldi and Pollard were planning to work on a movie that was never filmed. Capaldi said:
Pollard and I would sit around writing lyrics all day, talking about Bob Dylan and The Band, thinking up ridiculous plots for the movie. Before I left Morocco, Pollard wrote in my book 'The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys'. For me, it summed him up. He had this tremendous rebel attitude. He walked around in his cowboy boots, his leather jacket. At the time he was a heavy little dude. It seemed to sum up all the people of that generation who were just rebels. The 'Low Spark', for me, was the spirit, high-spirited. You know, standing on a street corner. The low rider. The 'Low Spark' meaning that strong undercurrent at the street level."
The ripoff/scam that they are singing about are the record companies, ripping off the artists hard earned money. It happened frequently before the artists caught on and started suing.
One of my favorite songs
This song is to my ears as a candy shop is to my nose...lol
Released the year I graduated HS. MORE of this please.
Well, this is going to POP your Brain..... "Traffic" were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in April 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. Steve Winwood went on to have a great Solo career after this groups broke up.... "Dear Mr. Fantasy" will tickle your brain too.
@AliasMark69 and @JMBoyTV , my favs (besides Low Sparks) is John Barleycorn Must Die, Shanghai Noodle Factory, Forty Thousand Headmen, Stranger to Himself, Light Up Or Leave Me Alone..... just to name a few!!!!
@@dabassmann John Barlycorn Must Die is awesome, they all are. Now it's time for me to Light Up.
This is just ONE of MANY great Traffic tunes. 40,000 Headmen live one of my favorites
Although Traffic has a lot of other great songs, I'd say this is their Magnum Opus. So glad you did this awesome piece of music 🎶 ❤
I still have this album on CD. Loved it then. Still great.
OMG YAY!!! i **LUV** **Traffic** whew this song is **Extraordinary** man ha **Steve Winwood** is a talent on a whole different level! **Hope** ya will check out **Dear Mr Fantasy** & **Empty Pages** Thank YOU **JMBOYTV** YAY!!! **Get It**
Another great song choice... Thanks.
The take I've alwats preferred: "High heeled boys" were the long haired musicians paying % to agents and labels (the man in the suit)... Shooting the man dead, metaphorically, was a call for the artists to take back control of their industry.
The early 70’s was a glorious time to be part of this music scene in HS! Yes we were spoiled but we didn’t know it, fantastic bands on the airwaves that still resonate today.
I struggled with that for a while trying figure to out if it was a sax or an organ, finally I gave up and went looking for the answer. What I found was it is a Hamon Organ through a reverb.
Traffic & Steve Winwood is a BIG rabbit hole filled with a treasure trove of great music & musicianship. The entire Low Spark LP is great as well as John Barleycorn Must Die...well, all of their LP's! Winwood is a great singer, pianist, organist , guitar player, band leader & songwriter. I saw them every time that they came around in the early 1970's & they were truly great live. Blind Faith was a super group that he was in with Eric Clapton & Ginger Baker from Cream as well as Ric Grech on bass. That was in 1969 & they only put out one LP and played a short tour...but that LP is great as well
This song features haunting melodies, smooth jazz rhythms, and thought-provoking lyrics that make you understand it's meaning long after the trance and magic of the music end. One of
my favorite Traffic songs. Great commentary JMBOY as always. If you like this try Blind Faith - Blind Faith was a supergroup formed in 1969, out of the remains of two other supergroup,
Traffic and Cream. Songs like PRESENCE OF THE LORD, CaN'T FIND MY WAY HOME, and HAD TO CRY TODAY are all great songs with Steve Winwood and Eric Clapton.
lil stevie windwood.
a billiant young man and traffic is a fantastic band.
I love watching you. You just seem like the nicest person. Really.
Thank you!
Legend !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just subscribed to your channel, JMBOY. You seem to be a real stand up guy, very pleasant.
This Traffic piece is one of their best - I could tell you really liked it. Check out the meaning of "low spark of high heeled boys"...it's actually pretty cool.
…….”We Have A Winner”
"empty pages" steve winwood...the man has soul
Great jam for puttin round the house doing oddz n ends
Killin it today 🤘🤘
Great reaction.
A Top 10 song the year it came out, a Top 10 song that decade and, by the way, still a Top 10 Song. For myself, the low spark of high heeled boys is the music/look/attitude of club/street level musicians who are pushing the boundaries and advancing music. The record executives don't pay any attention to them 'cuz they don't see any value in them. But in fact, it is the LSoHHB (music/look/attitude) that shoots those men dead.
Classic! ❤
when music was real
And cars too. : )
@@lugwrench9832 true
It's about musicians getting screwed by the music industry.
Next lets do 'Dear Mr Fantasy'
hey JMBOY TV next time you want too do a whole Album give Alice Cooper Killer Album a listen every song is a BANGER thanks
Check the backstory bro, this song is a direct reply a critic that dissed the band
It appears that you enjoyed this track.
I suggest becoming a Patreon here... you won't get "Scammed"
so good
This song is about the greed of the big record Companys back in the 60s and 70s. They had all the leverage, especially with new Bands and artists, trying to make it.
Nope, speedballs also known as Highheeled boys.
Makes sense now huh?
You've got to check out Steve Winwood at 15 years old, Nobody Loves You When You're Down And Out. Also, Dear Mr Fantasy. I much prefer his earlier music.
That squealing thing, as far as I can find, is just the organ played through something. I'm not 100% sure, just like I'm not 100% sure what the low spark of high heeled boys is lol.
Great analysis of the lyrics, by the way.
Who else can combine SOUL, RAUNCHY BLUES, JAZZY SEDUCTION and provoke thought like this? I think you nailed it on all points, except for the one you smoothly avoided, LOL! including a couple of interpretations that missed me completely.
brilliant music for the middle of the night
Love this! The song and the album are both in my top ten favorites! Thanks for the great reaction. ☮️❤️😎